Cloak and Dagger (1984)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1984
Running Times: 101 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Executive Producer: C.O. Erickson
Producer: Allan Carr
Production Coordinator: Danis Regal

SCRIPT
Script: Tom Holland, Nancy Dowd (uncredited)
Story: Cornell Woolrich, Tom Holland

DIRECTION
Director: Richard Franklin
1st Assistant Director: Katy Emde
2nd Assistant Director: Alan Curtiss

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper
Camera Operator: Robert M. Stevens
Head Lighting: Earl Gilbert
Gaffer: Patrick Marshall
Key Grip: Gaylin Schultz
Lab: Technicolor

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Andrew London
Associate Editor: David Spence

MUSIC
Music: Brian May
Music Editor: Jim Weidman

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Tom Causey
Supervising Sound Editor: Lon Bender
Sound Editors: Randall F. Kelley, Bob Newlan, Sandy Berman, Wylie Stateman
Foley Supervisor: Sandy Berman

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Daniel C. Striepeke
Hair: Barbara Lampson
Costume Designer: Nancy McArdle
Costume Supervisor: Ronald I. Caplan
Women's Costumer: Nancy McArdle
Men's Costumer: John Casey
Set Costumer: Stan Erickson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Robert Willard

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: William Tuntke, George Trimmer (uncredited)
Art Director: Todd Hallowell
Set Decorator: Hal Gausman
Property Master: Sidney H. Greenwood
Assistant Property Master: Michael Carrillo
Production Illustrator: John Jenson

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Betty Abbott Griffin

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Antonio, Texas, USA

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Victor Paul
Stunts: Charles Picerni Jr, Michael Deluna, Mike Cassidy, Philip J. Romano, Bill Hart, Bobby Porter, Dean Smith, Diane Kay Grant, Dick Dial, Erik Cord, George Fisher, Jerry Brutsche, Jimmy Casino, Joe Dunne, Joe Pronto, Kenny Endoso, Norman Blankenship, Phil Adams, Stefan Gudju, Ted Grossman, Ted White, Victor Paul, William T. Lane

CASTING
Casting: Jack Burch

CAST
Henry Thomas (Davey Osborne)
Dabney Coleman (Jack Flack/Hal Osborne)
Michael Murphy (Rice)
Christina Nigra (Kim Gardener)
John McIntire (George MacCready)
Jeanette Nolan (Eunice MacCready)
Eloy Casados (Alvarez)
Tim Rossovich (Haverman)
Bill Forsythe (Morris)
Robert DoQui (Lieutenant Fleming)
Shelby Leverington (Marilyn Gardener)
Linden Chiles (Chief of Security Airport)
Robert Curtin (Murdoch)
William Marquez (guard 1 airport)
Wendell Wright (guard #2 airport)
Doris Hargrave (woman in café)
Gary Moody (man in café)
Eleese Lester (woman on boat)
John R. Edson Jr (1st man on boat)
Charles Beall (Alamo guardian 1)
Norman Bennett (Texan)
Corey Rand (building guard)
Nicholas Guest (taxi driver)
Karen Leigh Hopkins (receptionist)
Tammy Hyler (check-in clerk)
Stuart MacGregor (Alamo guardian 2)
Alvaro Rojas Jr (boat captain)
Robert Traynor (ticket clerk)
Steve Fromholtz (2nd man on boat)
Berkley Garrett (bus driver)
Gene Ross (2nd bus driver)
Louie Anderson (2nd taxi driver)
Earl Houston Bullock (navigator)
Al Gomez (ship crewman)

PLOT SUMMARY

11-year-old Davey, neglected by his busy father and still mourning the death of his mother, retreats into a fantasy world where he befriends the dashing superspy Jack Flack, the star of a popular video game. By chance, Davey receives a videotape from a dying FBI agent which contains top-secret data and suddenly Davey is living in a real life spy drama.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributor: MCA
Laserdisc Distributor: MCA Home Video (40124)

Australia
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

West Germany
Rating: 16

1985
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Family Motion Picture: Adventure - nominated
Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama (Henry Thomas) - nominated
Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama (Christina Nigra) - nominated

Agent Osborne på hemligt uppdrag – Swedish television title
Plaszcz i szpada - Polish title
Spionspelet - Swedish title
Ein Tödliches Spiel - West German title
Viitta ja tikari - Finnish title

MAGAZINES

American Film vol.9 no.9 (July/August 1984) p.79 (USA)
review

Cinema Papers no.49 (December 1984) pp.455-456 (Australia)
credits, review

Hollywood Reporter vol.278 no.49 (11 October 1983) p.18 (USA)
credits

Hollywood Reporter vol.283 no.9 (9 August 1984) p.4 (USA)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.52 no.618 (July 1985) pp.229-230 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Motion Picture Product Digest vol.12 no.5 (29 August 1984) p.19 (USA)
review

Variety 1 August 1984 pp.19, 20 (USA)
credits, review

Variety Production Report 7 September 1983 p.32 (USA)
note

children, hitmen, kidnapping, remakes, spies, video games

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008